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APPLICATION FILED MAY26. |916.

1,22%@61 Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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THOMAS S. LEMMON, O F LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA.

THILL-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 27, 191?.

Application filed May 2G, 1916. Serial No. 100,107.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, THoMAs S. LnMMoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Latrobe, in the county of l/Vestmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Thill- Supports; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in thill supports and the principal object of the invention is to provide a device for holding the shaft of the vehicle in an upright position when not in use.

Another object of the device is to provide a means by which the same may be readily attached to the forward supporting bar of i a vehicle and which is so constructed as to permit of the ready manipulation of the same.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a thill support consisting of an attaching element and a supporting element which are slidably mounted with relation to each other and are held in their various .positions by means of a suitable thumb screw.

`With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing in which :w

Figure 1 is a view illustrating the device in use.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the thill support, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the device.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates an aXle of an ordinary carriage or the like having the usual shafts 2 connected thereto. The usual brace bar 8 connects the shafts near their pivoted ends and the ordinary spring suspension illustrated at 4l is provided on which the vehicle frame 5 is supported. This vehicle frame 5 is held in position by the usual straps 6 which pass around the spring and the forward bar of the frame as will be clearly seen upon reference to Fig. 1.

The thill support consists of the attaching element designated generally by the numeral 7 and the supporting element designated by the numeral 8 and this attaching element 7 comprises the horizontal plate 9 provided with suitable openings for the reception of the cylindrical ends of the U- shaped strap 10 by means of which the device is secured to the bar 5. rThe plate 9 is provided with the upturned forward end or standard 11 having formed near its lower end a threaded opening 12 and near its upper end a threaded opening 13. The opening 12 is adapted for the reception of the screw 14 forming the guide screw which coperates with a suitable set screw 15 threaded in the opening 13 in guiding the supporting element 8 in its upward and downward movement.

The supporting element 8 comprises a plate 16 having a slot 17 formed longitudinally therein which slot receives the screws 14 and 15 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. rlhe upper end of the plate 16 is provided with the hooked extension 18 which is adapted to hook over the bar 3 when the device is in its operative position.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that when the shafts are not in use and are in a raised position the plate 16 is moved upwardly as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and will engage the bar 8 thereby preventing the shafts from falling forwardly. When it is desired to use the vehicle it will be apparent that the thumb screw 15 is loosened and the plate 16 may then be slipped downwardly so that the hooked end 18 will disengage the bar 3 and thereby allow the shafts to move down and into position for harnessing.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A shaft support comprising on attaching element which is substantially L-shaped, means carried by the shorter arm of the L- shaped element providing means for securing the same to a vehicle, the longer arm of the element provided with spaced screwthreaded openings, a relatively flat rigid supporting element slidably mounted on the outer face of said longer arm of the attaching element, said supporting element provided with a longitudinally extending slot which is adapted to aline with openings in the longer vertical arm of the attaching element, means extending through the slot of the supporting element engaging one of the openings of the L-shaped attaching element for holding the Supporting element against @removal from the attaching element, Vand means extending through the slot of the supporting element engaging one of the openings of the attaching element to permit the supporting element to be raised and lowered to place the same in operative or inoperative position for holding the shaft or releasing the same to be placed in operative position,the upper end of said supporting clement bent angularly in the direction of a vehicle, and adapted for engagement over the brace bar of the shaft for holding the same in upright position, thus preventing the shaft from being accidentally released from the supporting element.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature 20 in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS S. LEMMON.

Titnesses J. H. HOFFMAN, JOHN S. LIGI-ITCAP.

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